Pond Species List
Sweet Flag
Acorus americanus
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
May - June
Mud Plantain
Alisma subcordatum
Scientific Name:
Height:
2-3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet
Bloom Time:
June - September
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - August
Carolina Moisquitofern
Azolla caroliniana
Scientific Name:
Height:
<1 inch
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet (Aquatic)
Bloom Time:
N/A
Blue False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
May - June
Tickseed Sunflower
Bidens aristosa
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Devil's Beggarticks
Bidens frondosa
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
August - October
Bristly Sedge
Carex comosa
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - July
Porcupine Sedge
Carex hystericina
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - July
Brown Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - July
River / Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Tall Coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - October
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Scientific Name:
Height:
4-5 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Grassleaf Goldenrod
Euthamia graminifolia
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Swamp Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Scientific Name:
Height:
5-6 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Common Rush
Juncus effusus
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Scientific Name:
Height:
1 foot
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - September
Water Willow
Justicia americana
Scientific Name:
Height:
1-3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
May - September
Dense Blazingstar
Liatris spicata
Scientific Name:
Height:
4-5 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Lobelia Tobacco
Lobelia inflata
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - October
Great Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - October
Bog Candles
Lysimachia terrestris
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - July
Bog Bean
Menyanthes trifoliata
Scientific Name:
Height:
6-12 inches
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet
Bloom Time:
May - June
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Part Shade to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
April - May
Monkey Flower
Mimulus ringens
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - August
American Water Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Scientific Name:
Height:
Up to 6', depends on water level
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet (Aquatic)
Bloom Time:
July - August
Riddell's Goldenrod
Oligoneuron riddellii
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
August - October
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Scientific Name:
Height:
12 inches
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
N/A
Arrow Arum
Peltandra virginica
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet
Bloom Time:
April - June
Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Scientific Name:
Height:
3-4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
August - September
Pickerel Weed
Pontederia cordata
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet
Bloom Time:
June - August
Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycanthemum virginianum
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
August - September
Swamp Rose
Rosa palustris
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - July
Common Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet
Bloom Time:
July - August
Lizard Tail
Saururus cernuus
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Scientific Name:
Part Shade to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - September
Soft-stemmed Bulrush
Scirpus validus
Scientific Name:
Height:
3-6 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
June - August
Big Bur Reed
Sparganium eurycarpum
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet
Bloom Time:
June - August
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-anglicae
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
August - October
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Scientific Name:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September